Pataudi Palace
The Pataudi Palace, also called Ibrahim Kothi, is a palace of the former ruling Pataudi family, in the Pataudi town of the Gurgaon district in Haryana, India. Passed from the last ruling nawab, Iftikhar Ali Khan, to his son, the last recognized titular nawab, Mansoor Ali Khan,…
Pataudi Palace—officially Ibrahim Kothi and unofficially Saif Ali Khan’s weekend hideaway—sits on a ten‑acre lot just off NH 48, half an hour’s drive from Gurgaon’s glass towers and an hour from Delhi’s airport. The 150‑room mansion, a relic of the last Nawab Iftikhar Ali Khan, is not a museum; it’s a private residence that opens its doors only for pre‑booked heritage tours, typically on Tuesdays and Saturdays after 2 pm, and the fee includes a half‑hour tea service on the marble verandah where the family’s cricket memorabilia is displayed. Skip the photo‑ops on the front lawn—tourists swarm there for the Instagram‑ready façade and the view of the nearby Kundli‑Manesar‑Sohna industrial belt, which does little for romance. Instead, ask the guide to show the concealed billiard room and the original dressing chambers; they retain the faded opulence that Hollywood should have copied. Best visited in the cooler months of October to March; the peak summer swelter turns the interior into a sauna and the staff into unwilling hosts. Stay the night at the modest heritage hotel in the adjacent town of Manesar, then drive the 15‑minute backroad to the palace at dawn for the quietest glimpse of Pataudi’s fading aristocracy.
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